Finding the “Soft Spots” and Productive Iteration, What it Really Takes to Launch a New Product Teem Ventures’ Founder and Managing Partner, Raj Amin, recently appeared on This is Product Management; a podcast produced by leading research and experimentation firm AlphaHQ and hosted by Mike Fishbein. Raj discusses lessons learned from his extensive career launching […]
Mentoring relationships can yield a lifetime of value if you put in some effort Over my career I have been lucky to have had some amazing mentors who have invested in my development. In an effort to pay it forward, I’ve done my best to make time for mentorship with many employees and first time […]
With the release of the Apple Watch 4, it finally may have some features that make it a “must have” device for aging adults. I will look for Christmas sales to be through the roof for people who are buying for their aging parents. The key features we see that fit this need: Fall monitoring […]
The Imperative for Corporate Entrepreneurship In my conversations with executives charged with innovation and corporate transformation, I hear a pretty consistent refrain: innovation is friggin’ hard work. Even with a commitment to “innovation” from the top, real impact takes unwavering focus and often new DNA that isn’t resident in the current organization. It also requires […]
Over the years as I have operated or worked at early stage ventures, I have built relationships with many Fortune 500 companies as customers, investors, and distribution partners for my products. Most of the time their relationships grew with us over the years, became our friends, and these relationships had a huge impact on a […]
I have had the (mostly) good and (sometimes) bad fortune of being involved with creating new ventures as an advisor, early executive, co-founder and CEO. Through the years, I’ve seen a lot of internal and external forces at work that can disrupt your vision as your business grows and evolves. Externally, the market you originally went after […]
Today’s healthcare environment continues to be an industry in the throes of massive transformation. Value-based care may be a buzzword, but no one can argue it’s having disruptive impact on healthcare organizations across the country. Paying for care based on actual outcomes is a huge shift in the business model for healthcare, and requires faster […]
Building companies over the long term is challenging but incredibly rewarding. There is truth to the statement I’ve heard many times “once you’re an entrepreneur it’s hard to do anything else.” Early stage is driven by pure passion and wearing many hats and moving toward early goals at the pace of light. As you start […]
I watched the movie Her on-demand the other night. I didn’t expect to be impressed but actually thought it was really interesting. Not just because Scarlett Johansson did an amazing job conveying a human personality for a computer operating system (wow…go home Siri), but because it actually did a great job showing how the human-like […]
If you are in the business of media and you haven’t seen House of Cards yet, you’re missing out. Not because it’s the best show “on TV” right now (although it might be) but because it is a great symbol of some of the massive shifts happening in TV economics. Why? It makes the Netflix […]